Hexing as Social Change

I’ve had a few requests for hex work to work against Nazis, specifically Italian-American hex work. I recently consulted Mallorie Vaudoise about this because I wanted to be sure that since this is such a delicate matter that I had a second opinion on the issue.

Make sure you actually want to tie yourself up into hex work. Yes! It’s much more exciting on a Thursday night after a long shitty day to involve yourself in the Dark Arts than to fundraise for non profits you support. But (a) that doesn’t mean you are good at hex work and (b) if you are better at fundraising than hex work, you should do fundraising. Think about your skill sets. Think about your previous hex work experience and the results of that work. Think about your moral compass, as we’ve spoken about w/r/t the Dark Arts extensively. Are you better at writing, organizing, rallying or managing your non profit’s finances ( . . .because everyone can throw a hex. Not everyone is a CPA. Or a lawyer. Niche skills are suuuuuper important right now) rather than hexing? Do that thing. Is your moral compass queasy about actually completing this? Um, don’t do it. Donate money, organize a bake sale, call your representatives a million times a day, do something. Be productive.

If you are going to protest at a Nazi rally, be careful above everything else. Then, pick some key players who seem to be figure heads and throw the malocchia back at them. Because they are throwing the Evil Eye out to the world first. You can throw it right back, return to sender. Say that person’s name, summon up your will and literally take all that hateful energy that person is building and throw it right back at them with your eyes. Stare them down. If you want to really be overt, spit on the ground after you throw it back.

If you want to do some work at home, chose some ancestors who are against Nazis and/or spirits and goddesses who are against the systematic genocide of a people and/or a Mary (Our Lady of Fatima, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Our Lady of Sorrows, whomever your Mary is) of your choice who you have a relationship with already. Your Lady of Peace may be willing to throw down because of your relationship and the greater good for the world, but if you don’t have a relationship it’s like a stranger asking you to get into a boxing match for them. You are really not likely to do so. Pour everyone a glass of red wine, yourself included. If someone doesn’t drink, Pellegrino would work nicely. Get some pastries from an Italian bakery. If you don’t have an Italian bakery, make coffee cake. Eat and drink with your ancestors/Marys/goddesses/spirits. Catch up. Talk about world events, tell them who died, who got knocked up, whose kid is still a fuck up, the usual. When you feel their presence, play an Italian antifascist song to get everyone’s (ahem) spirits up. Mallorie recommends this one. Ask for their assistance and then throw your curse. You may be saying, but what do I say? You have to sleep at night with what you throw, so that’s up to you, sport. Speak from the heart and be concise.

Deborah Castellano's book Glamour Magic: The Witchcraft Revolution to Get What You Want is available for purchase through Amazon, Llewellyn and Barnes and Noble.
Her frequently updated catalogue of published work is available on Author Central.

Or do some self evaluation to discover why you are queasy about performing “hex magic” as well as determining exactly what “hex magic” even means to you. A lot of people simply think that it’s wrong because they are told that it’s wrong, rather than having a personal, internal reason for not doing it.

“Donate money, organize a bake sale, call your representatives a million times a day, do something. Be productive.”

Or you can do all these things AND still do hex magic. There is literally no reason you can’t do both.

“Draw an omen and then go from there.”

I would suggesting drawing an omen BEFORE doing ANY of these things. Asking the spirits for guidance before proceeding is way better than doing a reading after you’ve already done work (be it mundane, spiritual, or both).

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Deborah Castellano's book Glamour Magic: The Witchcraft Revolution to Get What You Want is available for purchase through Amazon, Llewellyn and Barnes and Noble.
Her frequently updated catalogue of published work is available on Author Central.